Depending on the bike and the ride - Saddlebag - One or two spare tubes. (The Rivendell bikes also have Einstein patch kits. Although have rarely used them.) Tool kit. Either modified Park Tool kit with 4-6mm wrenches, tire levers, spoke wrench, four inch crescent wrench and chain tool. Non Riv bike, Topeak Alien II tool kit. Saddle cover Rubber gloves (for chain work). skinny combo cable lock AHH pocket knife (moves between bikes).
Each bike has a primary saddlebag, Duluth Pack on Atlantis, Carradice Barley on Hillborne. Handlebar bag will have wallet, change purse, hanky, keys, camera, cell phone, Park MT-1 all in one tool, and either sunglasses or regular glasses. If no handlebar bag on the ride, all of that fits in the saddlebag on the Rivendell bikes. My Surly LHT has a Berthoud handlebar bag. Yes, it's overkill. Big time. Figure it still weighs less than the extra weight I'm carrying around the middle. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jan 26, 6:57�pm, "rswat...@me.com" <rswat...@me.com> wrote: > On Jan 26, 2010, at 16:36, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Dang, three tubes?! Where do you ride? I'm deep in the heart of > >> goathead thorn country and I've never even considered carrying more > >> than one. > > > I don't ride in thorn country, and I very seldom get more than one � > > flat > > on a ride. �HOWEVER I have seen it happen on rides that I've led that > > either people mess up the tube installing it (tube under bead goes � > > BAM) > > or the replacement tube turns out to be bad or the cause of the flat > > can't be found so the same flat happens again. > > > Then, there's that "naked" feeling as you ride having used the spare > > tube. �It's not so bad if you've actually found the cause of the flat, > > but sometimes you can't find it: too noisy on the road so you can't � > > hear > > the air escaping, or you know where the puncture is on the tube, but > > there simply isn't anything in the tire to account for it. �Riding � > > when > > that's happened takes "naked" to a whole new level. > > > I'd rather not be forced to use the patch kit on the road, so I have � > > an > > extra -- and if one extra is good, two are even better. > > That's where we differ, I guess. > I'm sure I've fixed well over 1000 flats in the last 25 years or so, � > but could probably count on one hand the number of times I've replaced � > a tube on the road. I always prefer to patch the hole on the spot and � > be done with it rather than use my spare tube and have to deal with � > patching later. I'd probably end up with a room full of old tubes! I � > always carry a "virgin" tube as my spare. > I have felt that "naked" feeling you describe, though and can think of � > a few scenarios where I'd carry two spares. Probably the same � > scenarios where I'd have a spare tire as well. > Riv content: I buy those tiny blue "Einstein" patches from Rivendell � > in packs of 100! > > Ryan- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
